. The "makings" of the Lincoln Association of Jersey City : a souvenir of the dinner at the Carteret Club commemorating the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln . to order, and nominatedHon. Dudley S. Gregory for chairman. Then Mr. Gregory led theway to the platform, followed by Ephraim Marsh, Esq., H. M. Trap-hagen, Peter Bentley, Robt. Gilchrist, E. M. Dickerson, Esq., of Pater-son, Revs. R. L. Dashiell (Trinity M. E.), John Milton Holmesand Wheelock H. Parmly. Wm. C. Traphagen was appointed Secre-tary. Rev. Mr. Dashiell opened the meeting with an eloquent prayer
. The "makings" of the Lincoln Association of Jersey City : a souvenir of the dinner at the Carteret Club commemorating the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln . to order, and nominatedHon. Dudley S. Gregory for chairman. Then Mr. Gregory led theway to the platform, followed by Ephraim Marsh, Esq., H. M. Trap-hagen, Peter Bentley, Robt. Gilchrist, E. M. Dickerson, Esq., of Pater-son, Revs. R. L. Dashiell (Trinity M. E.), John Milton Holmesand Wheelock H. Parmly. Wm. C. Traphagen was appointed Secre-tary. Rev. Mr. Dashiell opened the meeting with an eloquent Mr. Holmes was called upon to explain the object of the meeting—which he did by blandly reading a clipping from the New YorkExpress, in which the Unionists, Abolitionists, the Congregationalists,etc., were just shot to pieces with copperhead rhetoric. Mr. Holmes submitted for adoption by the meeting, a set ofresolutions declaring for the manifestation of the highest patriotismat this time. He quoted Whitefield about there being no sect inHeaven, and so we come together to-night to consecrate this house tothe God of our fathers, standing on one platform to crush out Peter Bentlev As to the cry of peace, when the last rebel is driven into the Gulf ofMexico, then we can thank God for peace. Notwithstanding theStandard said no question was put, and no action was taken upon theresolutions, they were adopted. The Loyal League was formed, for theStandard published a number of ribald references to the organizationlater. The meeting must have been a most uproarious one. Mr. Dicker-son was interrupted in his speech when he quoted a letter from Charles-ton, S. C, dated some four months before the war, predicting a northernand a southern confederacy. The interrupter wanted the name of thewriter and in the confusion of hisses and cheers, a cry was raised, puthim out! And he did get put out. Further turmoil was caused byanother conscientious objector when James T. Brady,
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